Music in the Kitchen: The slow/happy mix

How to turn the kitchen into a happy place? One of the ideas we tried while living in France was to play music–originally a collection of songs I called our “Slow/Happy Mix”. As I explained in French Kids Eat Everything, it worked wonders!

Many readers have written in asking about some of the songs we play. They keep changing, but here are a few favourites we keep coming back to, again and again. Enjoy! 🙂

ps Some of these songs are in the classic parlé-chanté (speaking-singing) style. The singer’s voice has a small melodic range, and the lyrics are clever and full of emotion — sometimes intense, sometimes playful. They have a kind of lulling effect…